Henry faced his Alpha Supreme, taking in what he was saying.

He knew that John was trying to help him. Gracie was promised to Callum with the blessing of her clan’s Alpha and the Supreme. She was a female, and her opinion might matter to John and to him, but wolves lived by the law. And the law dictated that a father chose the mate; even as the Supreme, John couldn’t override such an important rule.

Henry swallowed hard.

“I won’t do anything foolish,” Henry ...